Inter IKEA Seeks New China Mall Locations

BEIJING—Defying worries over slowing Chinese growth and a retail-space glut, a mall developer tied to retailer IKEA is looking for locations for new Chinese shopping centers even as it moves to complete €1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in existing projects.

Inter IKEA Centre Group A/S is looking in the wealthy Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou for potential locations for new malls, according to John Tegnér, managing director of the Danish developer. That would be in addition to malls already under construction in...